Chapter 15 Lesson 1 Quiz

Question 1

A play or film that tells a humorous story is called a what?

Answer 1

Comedy

Question 2

Who was the most famous Ancient Greek comedy writer?

Answer 2

Aristophanes

Question 3

Who were the Olympic Games initially in honor of?

Answer 3

Zeus

Question 4

True or False: The Iliad was the story of the Odysseus and his 10 year journey home after the Trojan War

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Who was the god of seas and earthquakes?

Answer 5

Poseidon

Question 6

Who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts?

Answer 6

Athena

Question 7

In what present day country would you find the city of Troy?

Answer 7

Turkey

Question 8

What did ancient Greeks believe the 12 most important gods and goddesses live?

Answer 8

Mount Olympus

Question 9

Antigone was the most famous work of what Greek dramatist?

Answer 9

Sophocles

Question 10

A distinctive form or type of something is called a what?

Answer 10

Style

Question 11

A play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems is called a what?

Answer 11

Tragedy

Question 12

Who was the god of war?

Answer 12

Ares

Question 13

Who was the god of sun and poetry?

Answer 13

Apollo

Question 14

A story written in the form of a play is called a what?

Answer 14

Drama

Question 15

A story meant to teach a lesson is called a what?

Answer 15

Fable

Question 16

In what city did the original Olympic Games begin in 776 B.C.E

Answer 16

Olympia

Question 17

What famous writer borrowed many of their plot points from Greek dramas?

Answer 17

William Shakespeare

Question 18

What city in the United States has buildings that were greatly inspired by Ancient Greek architecture?

Answer 18

Washington DC

Question 19

True or False: The Odyssey was the story of the Trojan War : Paris, Helen, The Trojan Horse, etc.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What are words or actions that are a part of a religious ceremony?

Answer 20

Rituals

Question 21

True or False: The most famous oracle was the Temple of Apollo at Delphi

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Who may or may not have been a famous writer of fables?

Answer 22

Aesop

Question 23

What is a fight or disagreement called?

Answer 23

Conflict

Question 24

Who was the goddesses of love and beauty?

Answer 24

Aphrodite

Question 25

What is a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world?

Answer 25

Myth

Question 26

What does the word construct mean?

Answer 26

To build

Question 27

Which Greek dramatist wrote about ordinary human beings in realistic situations?

Answer 27

Euripides

Question 28

In what city did the modern day Olympics occur?

Answer 28

Athens

Question 29

What was a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess called?

Answer 29

Oracle

Question 30

In what year did the modern day Olympic Games begin?

Answer 30

1896

Question 31

Who was the chief god?

Answer 31

Zeus

Question 32

Who was the earliest Greek dramatist whose most famous work was arguably The Oresteia?

Answer 32

Aeschylus

Question 33

The custom of passing along stories by speech is called what?

Answer 33

Oral Tradition

Question 34

What were Homers two great epics called?

Answer 34

Iliad and Odyssey

Question 35

What did each city state choose to protect them?

Answer 35

A god or goddess

Question 36

Fill in the blank: The Olympic Games happened every _______ years

Answer 36

4

Question 37

Greeks believed each person had a what?

Answer 37

Fate or destiny

Question 38

What was the Odyssey about?

Answer 38

A Greek hero of the Trojan War and their long journey home

Question 39

Each city state had a ___________ dedicated to its god or goddess

Answer 39

Temple

Question 40

What do we now call the Greek art style?

Answer 40

Classical